Gale & Co. Ltd

1960s

Letterhead from 1951

Letterhead from the 1980s

Courtesy Roy Denison

Courtesy Roy Denison

Courtesy Roy Denison

Courtesy Roy Denison

George Gale & Co. Ltd, Portsmouth Road, Horndean, Hampshire.

Founded 1847 when Richard Gale acquired the Ship & Bell home brew house. Registered in April 1888 with 80 public houses.

Gales acquired the following breweries:

• Samuel Clarke (Havant), acquired 1903 with 9 pubs.
• Weeks & Co, Square Brewery, Petersfield, acquired 1907.
• Wickham Brewery Co. Ltd, acquired 1912 with about 3 pubs.
• Parker & Popplewell, Midhurst, acquired 1923 with 5 pubs.
• Eastgate Brewery, Chichester, acquired 1929, previously leased.

Gales were acquired by Fuller, Smith & Turner Ltd in 2005 with 111 houses and closed. Mainly demolished.

• List of Gale & Co. Ltd Pubs
• A History of Gales & Co. Ltd
• George Gale & Co the Hampshire Brewers: a 15-minute film about Gales by Bob Ede, 1997: [1]

Various images of Gale's Brewery

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  The work force c.1910
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  Photo Roy Denison, 1976
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  1993
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  Prize Old Ale bottle filling machine: Michael Croxford 1993
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  Prize Old Ale corking machine: Michael Croxford 1993
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  SP, 2000
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  SP, 2000
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  Inside the Cooperage
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  Inside the Cooperage
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  Inside the Cooperage
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  Inside the Cooperage
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  Inside the Cooperage

Images of the brewery in the 1970s, courtesy Mike Tighe

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  Courtesy Mike Tighe
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  Courtesy Mike Tighe
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  Courtesy Mike Tighe
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  Courtesy Mike Tighe
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  Courtesy Mike Tighe
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  Courtesy Mike Tighe
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The brewery in 2002

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The brewery in 2002; courtesy Jeff Sechiari

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The brewery in 2006

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Mats, etc

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  Courtesy Roy Denison
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  Courtesy Roy Denison

Entry in the Trade Mark Registry Registration No  : 64,309 Description  : Label design Date of Application  : 26/4/1887 Used Prior to 1875?  : NO